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The American

2010 • R • 1h 43m • Crime, Drama, Thriller • Focus Features

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61

3.16

6.3

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$13.2M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$35.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$68.0M

$32.3M international

Domestic Legs2.7x

Budget$20M

2010 Rank#84

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Cast & Crew

Directed byAnton Corbijn ScreenplayRowan Joffé Produced byGeorge Clooney, Jill Green, Grant Heslov, Anne Carey CinematographyMartin Ruhe MusicHerbert Grönemeyer Prod. DesignMark Digby StarringGeorge Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Reuten, Paolo Bonacelli, Johan Leysen, Irina Björklund StudioFocus Features

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 3-5 1 $13.2M — 2,823 $4,668 $16.3M

2 Sep 10-12 3 $5.7M −56.9% 2,833 $2,003 $28.1M

3 Sep 17-19 7 $2.7M −52.9% 2,457 $1,088 $32.8M

4 Sep 24-26 12 $896.4K −66.5% 1,315 $682 $34.6M

5 Oct 1-3 29 $210.4K −76.5% 374 $563 $35.2M

6 Oct 8-10 39 $85.7K −59.3% 174 $492 $35.4M

7 Oct 15-17 43 $72.0K −16.0% 144 $500 $35.5M

8 Oct 22-24 48 $32.0K −55.5% 76 $421 $35.6M

9 Oct 29-31 53 $19.5K −39.1% 42 $465 $35.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Wed Sep 1 #1 $1.7M — $1.7M 2,721 $615 -2

Thu Sep 2 #1 $1.5M −12.2% $3.1M 2,721 $540 -1

Fri Sep 3 #2 $3.8M +161.6% $7.0M 2,823 $1,362 1

Sat Sep 4 #1 $4.8M +26.0% $11.8M 2,823 $1,715 2

Sun Sep 5 #1 $4.5M −7.2% $16.3M 2,823 $1,591 3

Mon Sep 6 #1 $3.5M −22.4% $19.8M 2,823 $1,234 4

Tue Sep 7 #1 $1.1M −69.2% $20.9M 2,823 $380 5

Wed Sep 8 #1 $834.2K −22.3% $21.7M 2,823 $295 6

Thu Sep 9 #1 $723.6K −13.3% $22.4M 2,823 $256 7

Fri Sep 10 #3 $1.8M +146.1% −53.7% $24.2M 2,833 $628 8

Sat Sep 11 #3 $2.5M +41.4% −48.0% $26.7M 2,833 $889 9

Sun Sep 12 #2 $1.4M −45.3% −69.4% $28.1M 2,833 $486 10

Mon Sep 13 #2 $436.0K −68.3% −87.5% $28.5M 2,833 $154 11

Tue Sep 14 #2 $599.5K +37.5% −44.1% $29.1M 2,833 $212 12

Wed Sep 15 #2 $465.2K −22.4% −44.2% $29.6M 2,833 $164 13

Thu Sep 16 #2 $487.8K +4.9% −32.6% $30.1M 2,833 $172 14

Fri Sep 17 #7 $834.0K +71.0% −53.2% $30.9M 2,457 $339 15

Sat Sep 18 #7 $1.2M +44.6% −52.1% $32.1M 2,457 $491 16

Sun Sep 19 #7 $632.6K −47.5% −54.0% $32.8M 2,457 $257 17

Mon Sep 20 #7 $207.6K −67.2% −52.4% $33.0M 2,457 $85 18

Tue Sep 21 #6 $272.5K +31.2% −54.5% $33.3M 2,457 $111 19

Wed Sep 22 #6 $229.6K −15.7% −50.6% $33.5M 2,457 $93 20

Thu Sep 23 #6 $228.8K −0.4% −53.1% $33.7M 2,457 $93 21

Fri Sep 24 #12 $271.7K +18.7% −67.4% $34.0M 1,315 $207 22

Sat Sep 25 #12 $405.1K +49.1% −66.4% $34.4M 1,315 $308 23

Sun Sep 26 #12 $219.6K −45.8% −65.3% $34.6M 1,315 $167 24

Mon Sep 27 #11 $92.1K −58.1% −55.7% $34.7M 1,315 $70 25

Tue Sep 28 #11 $108.7K +18.0% −60.1% $34.8M 1,315 $83 26

Wed Sep 29 #11 $92.9K −14.5% −59.5% $34.9M 1,315 $71 27

Thu Sep 30 #13 $91.0K −2.0% −60.2% $35.0M 1,315 $69 28

Fri Oct 1 — $64.9K −28.7% −76.1% $35.1M 374 $174 29

Sat Oct 2 — $96.3K +48.3% −76.2% $35.2M 374 $257 30

Sun Oct 3 — $49.2K −48.8% −77.6% $35.2M 374 $132 31

Mon Oct 4 — $19.9K −59.6% −78.4% $35.2M 374 $53 32

Tue Oct 5 — $25.5K +27.9% −76.6% $35.2M 374 $68 33

Wed Oct 6 — $21.4K −16.0% −77.0% $35.3M 374 $57 34

Thu Oct 7 — $20.9K −2.5% −77.1% $35.3M 374 $56 35

Fri Oct 8 — $25.1K +20.3% −61.4% $35.3M 174 $144 36

Sat Oct 9 — $37.4K +49.2% −61.1% $35.4M 174 $215 37

Sun Oct 10 — $23.2K −38.0% −52.9% $35.4M 174 $133 38

Mon Oct 11 — $12.8K −44.7% −35.6% $35.4M 174 $74 39

Tue Oct 12 — $10.6K −17.6% −58.5% $35.4M 174 $61 40

Wed Oct 13 — $9.9K −6.3% −53.7% $35.4M 174 $57 41

Thu Oct 14 — $10.8K +9.5% −48.0% $35.4M 174 $62 42

Fri Oct 15 — $22.3K +106.0% −10.9% $35.4M 144 $155 43

Sat Oct 16 — $31.8K +42.2% −15.1% $35.5M 144 $221 44

Sun Oct 17 — $17.9K −43.8% −23.0% $35.5M 144 $124 45

Mon Oct 18 — $7.7K −56.8% −39.8% $35.5M 144 $54 46

Tue Oct 19 — $10.1K +31.0% −4.3% $35.5M 144 $70 47

Wed Oct 20 — $10.3K +2.0% +4.2% $35.5M 144 $72 48

Thu Oct 21 — $10.1K −2.5% −7.3% $35.5M 144 $70 49

Fri Oct 22 — $10.0K −0.8% −55.4% $35.5M 76 $131 50

Sat Oct 23 — $13.5K +35.3% −57.5% $35.6M 76 $178 51

Sun Oct 24 — $8.6K −36.6% −52.1% $35.6M 76 $113 52

Mon Oct 25 — $3.1K −64.3% −60.4% $35.6M 76 $40 53

Tue Oct 26 — $4.1K +34.4% −59.4% $35.6M 76 $54 54

Wed Oct 27 — $3.9K −4.4% −61.9% $35.6M 76 $52 55

Thu Oct 28 — $3.5K −10.6% −65.1% $35.6M 76 $46 56

Fri Oct 29 — $6.4K +81.5% −36.1% $35.6M 42 $152 57

Sat Oct 30 — $8.5K +33.5% −37.0% $35.6M 42 $202 58

Sun Oct 31 — $4.6K −45.5% −45.8% $35.6M 42 $110 59

Mon Nov 1 — $1.8K −62.2% −42.6% $35.6M 42 $42 60

Tue Nov 2 — $2.6K +49.9% −36.0% $35.6M 42 $63 61

Wed Nov 3 — $2.4K −7.8% −38.2% $35.6M 42 $58 62

Thu Nov 4 — $3.3K +37.6% −4.9% $35.6M 42 $80 63

Cumulative total$35.6M

Sep 1Sep 17Oct 3Oct 19Nov 4

Weekend grossWk 9 · $19.5K

$13.2M

$5.7M

$2.7M

$896.4K

$210.4K

$85.7K

$72.0K

$32.0K

$19.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9

Theater countPeak 2,833 → 42 −98.5%

2,721 open42 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 9 · −39.1%

−56.9%

W1→2

−52.9%

W2→3

−66.5%

W3→4

−76.5%

W4→5

−59.3%

W5→6

−16.0%

W6→7

−55.5%

W7→8

−39.1%

W8→9

Steepest −76.5%Best hold −16.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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